Successor Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)
successor
noun
plural
successors
successor
/səkˈsɛsɚ/
noun
plural
successors
Britannica Dictionary definition of SUCCESSOR
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:
a person who has a job, position, or title after someone else
:
someone who succeeds another person
- The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here.
- the successor to the throne
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— opposite predecessor